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Saturday, September 13, 2025
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Topic: Walmart

Walmart’s usual victims in America become its new friends in India

Small stores or kiranas will be Walmart’s unlikely allies in its latest attempt to take on Amazon & Reliance in India.

In poll-bound India, Modi’s politics is hurting Bezos, helping Ambani

Modi’s pitch to give local traders space in e-retail is curbing US retail giants such as Amazon who have committed billions of dollars.

Amazon, Flipkart hit by Modi govt’s refusal to extend deadline for new e-commerce rules

Amazon, Flipkart have amassed vast inventories and had sought a four- to six-month extension to help offload those products.

Mukesh Ambani outlines plan to take on Amazon in India

Jio currently has 280 million subscribers, while Ambani’s retail arm operates nearly 10,000 outlets.

Modi govt crackdown on Amazon, Flipkart to hurt online shoppers

The new rules could be a blow for Amazon & Flipkart, which are attempting to crack India’s consumer market & capture its growth potential.

The rock n’ roll loving leader of Goldman Sachs India on merger rush in the country

A confluence of factors helped India draw more inbound investments than China for only the second time in a decade.

Flipkart CEO Binny Bansal quits after allegations of serious personal misconduct: Walmart

Walmart said that Bansal resigned as the CEO of Flipkart Group after an independent investigation into the allegations.

24-year-old founder of Oyo Hotels raises $1 billion to expand overseas business

Oyo has expanded beyond India into China, Malaysia, Nepal and Britain in the last 2 years.

After nearly a decade, Reliance’s shares surge with the launch of Jio

Shares have gone up by 135% and Reliance now stands first in the 30-stock index.

It’s Mukesh Ambani who could become Amazon’s biggest rival in India

Walmart's acquisition of Flipkart might have given the impression that the battle for India would be an all-American contest, but the fight isn't that simple - or easy. 

On Camera

Charlie Kirk’s killing has America at war with itself. Foreigners & visa-seekers ‘warned’

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, gunned down this week, was no ordinary influencer. He helped bring the Trump administration to power. His death has deepened America’s Left-Right divide.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.